Last week, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) announced that mosquitoes had tested positive for the West Nile virus in Bridgeport, Easton, New Canaan, Stratford and Waterbury.
But this afternoon, the threat is even closer to home with eight new cities and towns added to the list, including one Amity town. The CAES announced today that mosquitoes trapped between July 12 and July 19 in Bethany, Franklin, Greenwich, Madison, New Haven, Waterford, West Haven, and Weston tested positive for the virus.
Dr. Philip Armstrong, Medical Entomologist at the CAES, said, “We are seeing a major expansion and build-up of West Nile virus in the mosquito population. We are also detecting the virus in human-biting mosquitoes comparatively early in the season, which substantially increases the risk of infection.”
So farthis season, no human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Connecticut.
